Knitting needle



March 20, 1945. R, Q AM|D0N 2,371,598

KNITTING NEEDLE 'Y Filed Nov. 2, 1942 l 'D UMF- ''l Hoy @Amid/owPatented Mar. zo, 194s KNTTTING NEEDLE Roy C. Amidon, Reading, Pa.,

Fair Mills, Inc., Reading, Pa.,

Pennsylvania assignor to Vanity a corporation of Application November 2,1942, Serial No. 464,243

10 Claims.

My invention relates to the art of knitting and more particularly tocertain new. and useful improvements in the needles of the knittingmachines of the type disclosed in my Patent No. 2,243,850, issued June3, 1941.

More specifically the present invention relates to needles that havebeen devised for use with my knitting machines disclosed in myapplications for patents led respectively March 4, 1941, Ser, No.381,717, and March 2, 1942, Ser. No. 433,057, now Patent No. 2,336,455.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1, illustrates. in front elevation, a block of four needlesconstructed in accordance with the first embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a second embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the embodiment shown in Fig. 3.

The first embodiment of my invention is that of a needle devisedespecially for use in the machine of my application Ser. No. 381,717aforesaid. So far as this part of thel present application is concernedit is a continuation in part of the said application.

The second embodiment of my invention is that of a needle which, whileespecially devised for use in the machine of my application Ser. No433,057 aforesaid, may also be used with the machine of my applicationSer. No. 381,717 aforesaid.

Both embodiments of my invention, namely that shown in Figs. 1 and 2 andthat shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawing comprise alshank 49 set in a block 48 and include a pointed end having an eye 50above the point. Above the eye the shank is cut away or thinned on oneside, as at 5I. for cooperation with looper hooks of the machines of theapplications aforesaid. 1

The second embodiment, shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawing, differsfrom that of the rst embodiment of the invention in that the needle isalso provided with a slot below the eye, see |30 Fig. 3. The inclusionof the slot |30 permits this needle to be used on two threadmachinessuch as that shown in my application Ser. No. 433,057.

So far as the second embodiment of my invention is concerned the presentapplication is a continuation of my application Ser. No. 433,057aforesaid.

As will be seen, by reference to Figs. 2 and 3, in both embodiments ofthe invention the longistraight from the point to the block 4l and thelongitudinal face opposite (that to the left in Figs. 2 and 3) isstraight for a portion of its length from block 48 to where the eye 50is formed. There it is bulged outwardly (to the left in Figs. 2 and 3)and then tapered to the point. Also, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4 bothsides of each needle tapers from the eye to the point. This provides foran easy penetration of the cloth being knitted lthrough and makes anelongated opening therein through which a thread lying along the needleabove the eye may pass with minimum friction on the thread, an importantfactor when knitting with nylon or short nber thread.

From the foregoing taken in connection with the accompanying drawing itis thought that the invention will be clear to those skilled in the art,especially to those familiar with the machines of my two applicationsaforesaid.

What I claim is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a needle having a shank, and apenetrating end having both an eye and a thread-receiving slot, saidslot being located between the eye and the penetrating end of theneedle, the eye extending transversely of the needle.

2. As a new arti'cle of manufacture, a needle having a shank and apenetrating end having both an eye and a thread-receiving slot, theshank above and adjacent the eye and slot being reduced in thickness atone side.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a needle having a shank, an eyeportion of greater crosssection than the shank, and a penetrating point,

. the shank being reduced in thickness between the eye portion and thatend of the shank which is remote from the point.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a needle having a shank, and apenetrating pointed end, an eye portion above and adjacent said end, anda thread receiving slot between the eye portion and the point of theneedle, the eye extending transversely of the needle.

5. A knitting needle having a shank and a penetrating end, the shank onone side having a thinned portion, the shank between the thinned portionand Vthe penetrating end being enlarged and provided in the enlargementwith an eye.

6. A knitting needle having a shank terminating in a pointed end, onelongitudinal face of the shank being straight from the point to the endthereof remote from the point, the face opposite tudinal face of theneedle 40 to the right is 55 said one longitudinal face extendingparallel to the same for a portion thereof and then bulging outwardlyand then tapering to the. point, the

bulging portion of the needle having an eye.

7. A knitting needle having a shank terminating in a pointed end, onelongitudinal face of the shank being vstraight from the point to the endthereof remote from the point, the face opposite said one longitudinalface extending parallel to the same for a portion thereof and thenbulging outwardly and then tapering tothe point, the bulging portion ofthe needle having an eye, a side of the shank, between the bulge and theend that is remote 4from the point, being cut away for the purposesdescribed. A

8. A knitting needle having a shank terminating in a pointed end, onelongitudinal face of the shank being straight from the point to the endthereof remote from the point, the face opposite said one longitudinalface extending parallel to the samel for a, portion thereof and thenbulging outwardly and then tapering to the point, the bulging portion ofthe needle having an eye, the sides of the shank. between the eye andthe point, being-tapered to the point.

20 to approximately the asmsos ,1 that is remote from the point, beingcut away for the purposes described, the sides of. the shank, betweenthe eye and the point, being tapered to the point.

10. A two-thread knitting needle having a shank and a penetrating end,said shank adjacent said encik having a transverse eye and havs ing atransverse slot opening through the longitudinal edge or' the shank thatlies -opposite the eye.vsaid slot extending from adjacent said eye pointof the needle.

ROY C. N.

